“This was an important and necessary step to secure the future of our Company, which will enable us to reorganize our business and reposition Forever 21,” Linda Chang, Executive Vice President of Forever 21 (and daughter of the company’s founders, Do Won and Jin Sook Chang), said in a statement.
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As part of this restructuring, Forever 21 revealed it “plans to exit most of its international locations in Asia and Europe, but will continue operations in Mexico and Latin America,” per a press release. In the filing, the company requested approval to close up to 350 stores globally, with as many as 178 being in the U.S. Its e-commerce operation will go on as usual, though.
As to which U.S. locations will be closing, a spokesperson for Forever 21 told Glamour: “The decisions as to which domestic stores will be closing are ongoing, pending the outcome of continued conversations with landlords. We do, however, expect a significant number of these stores will remain open and operate as usual, and we do not expect to exit any major markets in the U.S.”
If you thought thrift shopping was hard, try vintage furniture shopping. You need to come fully prepared with dimensions, a delivery service, and a vision of how one purchase could potentially change the layout of your entire home. The same can definitely not be said for a thrifted Gunne Sax dress.
Vintage furniture shopping also takes research to find that exact coffee table or midcentury modern chair you’ve been looking for. Thankfully, though, Etsy exists and is a great substitute for having to spend hours at a vintage furniture store. If you think the site is useful for only small home trinkets, think again: Etsy is packed with shops selling legitimate statement pieces including French provincial dressers, authentic Turkish rugs, and plenty of wicker anything.
If you’re looking for a specific designer, style, year, or piece, you can easily sift through hundreds of options from thousands of Etsy stores across the country. Sound overwhelming? Just like all kinds of vintage shopping of course it is, which is why we’ve narrowed it down to the best 11 vintage Etsy furniture and home decor shops below.
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On Tuesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer met with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in the White House to discuss a proposed wall on the southern border and whether Trump would, in fact, shut down the government if he doesn’t get the cash he wants for it.
The conversation, which was televised, quickly turned heated and ultimately ended without a compromise—but with the President accepting and owning the possibility of government shutdown. The Democrats took that as a win. And as soon as images of Pelosi emerging from the West Wing started making the rounds, Twitter was abuzz at the sight of the Speaker-designate’s power look: the sunglasses, the smirk, the impossibly fabulous rust-colored coat. The memes soon followed.
The Times was also one of the first to correctly identify the maker of the coat: Max Mara. This wasn’t fresh-off-the-runway, just-hit-stores Max Mara, though—Pelosi’s burnt-red style dates back to 2013. In order to authentically get the House Minority look, you’d have to dig deep into the resale market, scouring the eBay’s, Tradesy’s, and TheRealReal’s of the world to buy the Glamis coat.
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Except that late Wednesday afternoon, the Italian fashion house sent out a press release that not only confirmed the origins of Pelosi’s coat but also announced that Max Mara would be reinstating the Glamis into its outerwear collection in 2019. “In a variety of colorways,” no less! A spokesperson for the brand confirmed to Glamour that the decision to bring it back was inspired by Pelosi.
Ian Griffiths, the creative director of Max Mara, issued a statement on the Pelosi sighting too: “You develop an emotional relationship with a coat like nothing else in your wardrobe. I can imagine why Ms. Pelosi chose to wear it for this important moment, and I’m honored.”
It’s hard to name a brand that’s more accessible and all encompassing than Old Navy: A comforting, familiar fixture in the American fashion landscape, the mass retailer has built itself as a family label since its inception 24 years ago, offering clothing in sizes 00 through 30. But there’s been something standing in the way of its mission of total inclusivity: For more than a decade, its extensive plus collection has only been available online. (It was, between 2004 and 2007, available in select stores.) That changes today, as Old Navy announces that, for the first time, its full plus-size run—from 16 to 30—will be stocked in 75 brick-and-mortar locations.
Amid a backdrop of increasingly vocal consumers demanding for inclusivity across the board in retail—especially when, for so long, plus-size shoppers have largely been deprived of the same in-person shopping experience as straight-size buyers—this development seems to arrive at the right moment. Though, it also raises questions about why it took so long.
According to the retailer, the reason for the delay can be traced back to 2007, when Old Navy first decided to pull plus-size clothing from stores. At the time, it was due to a number of factors—but mostly because the fit was not up to par—and so the company made the decision to sell it online online.
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“When we were in stores, we didn’t necessarily execute it well and our customer wasn’t responding to our collection the way we had hoped, so we made the decision to pull back,” explains Loretta Choy, senior vice president and general manager of the adult division at Old Navy. “The most important thing when you’re building out a plus line and bringing it in stores is addressing all the pain points; we saw an opportunity to improve the plus collection and build a loyal customer in the online space before returning to the physical retail environment.”
In the 11 years since removing the section from stores, Old Navy doubled down on its efforts to perfect plus sizes online: sifting through customer reviews, taking their feedback, and fine-tuning the makeup of the garments to remedy problem areas (extra buttons to keep certain areas closed, additional elastic bands for a more flattering silhouette, a heavier fabric weight to ensure coverage). During this time, the retailer continued to carry its extended sizes—00 to 20—in stores, but waited to reintroduce the proper plus line, which runs 16 to 30. (The overlap in sizing, she clarifies, is due to the realization that some shoppers identify with plus, while others don’t, and “we want to make sure we’re giving our customers the option of putting on a size 16 in the main line or putting a size 16 in plus—which may look the same aesthetically, but are constructed differently for a better fit—and understanding what’s best for her.”)
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After years of using reviews as markers of improvement and comparing feedback on both a monthly and quarterly basis, Choy says the company’s online plus section has seen incredible performance this year, “outpacing the brand’s performance in total.” She notes: “The appetite has been quite strong, and when we look at the improvement in star rating, it’s been very, very strong.”
Old Navy is reintroducing plus sizes in stores with a specific strategy: to roll out to a limited number of locations in order for the brand to receive direct feedback, learn from customers, address concerns, and understand her experience every step of the way—from browsing the selection to trying on the clothes—before launching in all of its 1,000-plus brick-and-mortars over the next several years. (In the meantime, if a customer wants to try on a plus garment, but it’s not offered at that location, the store can have it shipped there for free.) “We’re really pacing ourselves because we want to do it right this time,” Choy says. “We always knew we wanted to get plus size back into the stores—the product had to be right first. We don’t want to let our customers down. “
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Plus sizes, Choy says, will live in their own section, because “it can feel like a really frustrating experience for our customer to try to figure out where her sizes are.” They’ll be directly connected to the women’s section with the goal for it to feel like an uninterrupted shopping experience, allowing the customer to freely walk through denim, activewear, before reaching plus. The section will have plus-sized mannequins and about 175 different styles—less than half of the selection online—in sizes 16 to 30.
And all of this, Choy says, is just the beginning, as Old Navy is determined to become more inclusive by striving to broaden its size range, to include more stores, and to extend its offering online—all of which reinforces the “Size Yes” campaign message from earlier this year: “Yes, we have your size; whatever the tag says, you’re always a size Yes to us.”
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“Whatever you see in our emails or the windows of our stores—the optimistic colors, the fun prints, the great styling—all of that should be the same for the plus customer,” Choy says. “Our goal is for her to have the same amount of fashion that we offer everyone, to participate in the same brand experience that we’re delivering: fashion, fun, family for all.”
It’s crucial to celebrate significant eras in time when they end. When you graduate college, for example, your parents might throw you a party or give you money. When Oprah Winfrey announced in 2011 she was discontinuing her talk show, famous people and political figures came out in droves to tribute her. And when the Obama administration ended in 2016, news outlets dedicated large chunks of time to celebrating his legacy.
But none of these eras are more important to culture, history, time, and space—to me, at least—than the one that ended today (April 19). TMZ broke the news that DASH, the Kardashians’ iconic store, home to coffee table books with their faces on it, plastic water bottles with their names on it, and exactly three racks of clothes, is closing for good. (The New York boutique shuttered in 2016, but now Miami and Los Angeles are following suit.) That’s right: DASH is done. Finished. The chord has been cut. No longer will Keeping Up With the Kardashians feature episodes with the sisters “folding merchandise” and “doing inventory” while they talk shit about Kris Jenner. It truly is the end of an era.
I mean, where would we be without this QVC video of Kourtney raving about leopard tunics?
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Or what about that time Khloé chewed out Kris in the middle of DASH for getting Kim a fragrance deal before her?
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Oh, and we can’t forget the short-lived KUWTK spinoff series Dash Dolls. Khloé cooly saying she has “no problem replacing every single one” of her DASH employees is legendary.
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Not since McDonald’s has a consumer brand affected the lives of Americans so deeply. DASH is an institution. This photo (below) of Kim wearing a necklace the size of my head and celebrating the launch of DASH Miami is the modern-day Mona Lisa. The Louvre is currently bidding for it! (And if it’s not: shame on you.)
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Frankly, this news is making me emotional. No store is ever going to simultaneously carry Kim’s selfie book, that YA novel Kendall and Kylie wrote, and Kris’ cookbook, aptly titled, In the Kitchen with Kris: A Kollection of Kardashian-Jenner Family Favorites. Would I ever buy those three books at the same time? Of course not, but I want the option. I like options.
Pour one out for DASH, dolls. Nothing will ever be the same.
Less than a week after launching, Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty is flying off shelves. While most of Rihanna’s mega-successful makeup line has managed to stay in stock, there’s one product in particular that is selling out at lightning speed, according to social media, and that’s Rihanna’s deep foundation shades.
At the time of writing this, six out of the available 10 deep shades are already sold out on sephora.com, though it looks like restocks are happening pretty regularly. Normally, fans react with disappointment, frustration, or even anger when they can’t get their hands on a highly anticipated beauty launch. But with Fenty Beauty, the response to the limited availability of deep foundation has been markedly different, for a damn good reason.
After decades of being told by big beauty brands that there isn’t enough demand for deep complexion makeup (despite actual economic reports that point to the contrary), black and brown skin women are being heard and seen. What’s more, we’re being heard and seen by Rihanna.
I wasn’t able to get through all the tweets above with getting misty-eyed. Even through happy tears, I know I’m seeing history in the making. It’s more than monumental. It’s affirming in a way that the beauty industry hasn’t been before, but would do well to repeat. Just take a look at the Instagram post below and try to keep your heart from swelling three sizes, I dare you.
Since Rihanna first revealed that she would cater to women with all skin tones, Fenty Beauty stood out as an inclusivity game changer. The fact that the dark foundation shades are the first to sell out is just more proof that women of color deserve and demand an equal space in the beauty industry. Hopefully, other brands will follow suit and push for even more options in their shade ranges. There’s clearly money in it.
